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- GRAPEVINE, Page 23THOMAS HEARINGS SCORECARD
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- By JANICE CASTRO/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
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- WINNERS
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- PHONE COMPANIES
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- Friends debating long distance, citizens swamping the
- lines to Capitol Hill, and lobbyists sending everything by fax
- meant big profits for the Bell clan.
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- C-SPAN
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- The best indictment of those skimpy network sound bites.
- Don't you wish you could get to know presidential candidates as
- well as you were able to size up the Judiciary Committee?
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- TERM LIMITATIONS
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- A lot more voters will probably embrace the idea now, if
- only because some of those senior Senators seemed so out of
- touch with reality.
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- BLACK PROFESSIONALS
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- The Senate turned to impressive black lawyers and public
- officials on both sides for guidance.
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- LOSERS
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- BASEBALL
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- The playoffs were a well-kept secret, and host network CBS
- took a bath.
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- WHISTLE-BLOWERS
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- The lesson of the hearings seemed to be: Better keep your
- trap shut.
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- THE FBI
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- Senators revealed information the FBI had promised to keep
- secret. Others said agency reports were worthless anyway.
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- SENATE STAFFERS
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- Who are those faceless aides accused of coaching the
- witnesses, leaking secrets and poisoning the atmosphere?
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- OTHER TOPICS
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- Tough luck for anyone who was hoping to talk about
- something else.
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